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Polonsky Piano
School presents
An Intensive Piano/Outdoor Activities Boarding Camp
on the coast of Northern CA
with Dr. Viktor & Anna Polonsky.
On the beautiful North Coast of
California you'll find it's a landmark in the small,
quaint fishing village of Shelter Cove. Some of
California's most impressive rugged and unspoiled
landscape is in an area known as the "Lost Coast." The
region extends from the northwest edge of Mendocino to
just south of Ferndale in Humboldt County. Shelter Cove is
a village of approximately 350 people, surrounded by the
King Range Conservation Area. Mountains rise 2200 feet
right out of the blue Pacific - a place to behold. The
Camp takes place in a new 2 stories house overlooking the
ocean from one side, and the mountains from another. Our
location is the most beautiful ocean paradise anywhere in
the lower 48 states with wildlife everywhere. There's no
place like this anywhere in California. Enjoy the sights
and sounds of the crashing surf right bellow your window
or balcony, hike the Black Sand Beach, explore redwood
forest and lakes, make friends with local dear and fox,
catch a glimpse of a whale.
The Camp takes place
twice during the Summer: from the third Friday of June
till next week's Sunday;
and from the third Friday of July till next week's Sunday
- 10 days each time.
The size of the Camp: 6 - 8 kids each time, age 8 -
14 .
The price of $1650 includes:
Supervised individual practicing daily (including 1
hour of piano ensemble).
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Group Music
History, Theory and Ear Training class (with musical
videos). |
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Daily outdoor
activities (hiking, biking, fishing, beachcombing,
etc). |
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One day trip
to the redwood forest (about 40 ml one way), and to
the lake. |
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3 meals per day,
and unlimited snacks and drinks. |
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Second Saturday -
recital for the local community, and parents who
might visit. |
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Transportation to
the camp (parents who visit on a second Saturday
will bring the kids back). |
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Accommodations
include: 2 nice rooms with a view, and a spacious
tent camper with 2 bedrooms, a dining nook, with the
hit, shower, and running water for 3-4 kids of the
same gender. |
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A dinner -
barbeque after the concert on a second Saturday for
all parents and siblings who come to visit us, a
good 3-4 hours hike with the kids and all parents
next Sunday, and after hike lunch before departing
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Sample of a daily schedule:
7:30 - 8:30 am - wake up, preparation for breakfast.
8:30 - 9:30 am - breakfast.
9:30 - 12:30am - half of kids practice piano in a
different rooms, with 15 min rest after every 45 min.
under supervision of Anna. Other half heads for activities
with Viktor.
1:00 - 2:00 pm - lunch together, time together. Stories,
laughter....
2:00 - 3:00 pm - quite time (reading, taking a nap,
drawing, writing....).
3:00 - 6:00 pm - another half of kids practice piano in
different rooms, with 15 min rest after every 45 min.,
under supervision of Viktor. Others go for activities with
Anna.
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Dinner together.
7:30 - 8:30 pm - Music History and Theory class.
8:30 - 9:45 pm - evening walk, observing wild life,
evening fire
9:45 - 10:15pm - preparation to go to bed.
10:15 pm - Good night ( 30 min of quite reading is
allowed).
*On one of the days the
day's schedule will be amended due to the trip to
Redwoods.
To reserve a place
for your child you need:
1) Call Viktor & Anna and schedule an interview for
your child
2) After interview, and if accepted, please make a deposit
of $650 to PPS.
Remaining $1000 is due on or before June 1, or July 1,
depending on a month you had signed for.
The size of the group is limited to 8 students -
make your reservation earlier to secure the space!
Directions: Miles from
San Jose – 300
From San Francisco take Highway 101 North and exit at
Garberville ( second exit).
Drive through Garberville to Redway.
From the north end of Redway turn west on Briceland Road.
When you have traveled six miles, you will pass through
the community of Briceland where Briceland Road becomes
Shelter Cove Road.
Continue another sixteen miles. You will bypass Whitethorn
junction and travel over the 2200 foot elevation of The
King Range Conservation Area to Shelter Cove.
Once you have arrived at a point where you see the ocean,
you will be at the intersection of Shelter Cove Road and
Kings Peak Road. Bear left, and begin your descent to the
sea, and in 15 min. come to the stop sign at the
intersection of Shelter Cove Rd., and Upper Pacific. Drive
to the left to the ocean, and the road becomes Lower
Pacific. The house is located on a corner of Lower Pacific
and Steelhead, Steelhead Drive #5.
Parents might want to visit us for 2 nights - last Friday
and Saturday of the Camp, and listen to our recital, and
have a barbeque with us afterwards. In this case you will
take your child home Sunday, after a good 4 hours hike
together, and a lunch together.
There are a few motels available at Shelter Cove. The
price for a night is about $120 - $140. Here there are a
few places w/phones: Oceanfront Inn 707-986-7002,
Beachcomber Inn 1-800-718-4789. There are a few more
motels-go online to find their phone numbers, or ask from
those two motels. However, Summer is the busiest time, and
all hotels might be full. Make your reservations earlier.
Call School @
408-472-3280, email: vikpol1@sbcglobal.net
Shelter Cove phone: 707-986-7795
5 Steelhead Court, Shelter Cove, CA 95589
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